Roofing-bracket.



D. B. DEN.

ROOFIN B ACKET.

ATIO'N F Patentad Feb. 5, 1918.

DANIEL B. BEARDEN, 0F ZPEKIN, ILLINOIS.

ROOFING-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

Application filed September 30, 1916. Serial No. 123,120.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL B. BEARDEN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Pekin, in the county ofTazewell and State of Illinois, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Roofing -Brackets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in roofing brackets adapted to beapplied to the shingles of roofs or the like.

An object of the invention is to produce a bracket of this nature whichmay be readily positioned upon the shingles of a roof and which will befirmly held in such position to support a scaffold or the like when itis necessary to erect the same.

A further object of the invention is to produce a bracket of thischaracter which shall be of an extremely simple construction, cheap tomanufacture, and easily applied and which when so applied cannot heaccidentally removed, thus insuring the safety of the staging orscaffolding which it supports, but which at the same time may be readilyremoved to permit of the adjustment of the scaffold. It is a stillfurther object of the invention to produce a roofing bracket adapted tosupport a stage or scaffold to facilitate the securing of shingles ofany description to a roof, the supporting means for the scaffold beingthe securing elements for certain of the shingles, and said securingelements being lapped by other shingles whereby when the bracket isremoved the securing means for sustaining the same will be effectivelyconcealed.

With the above and other objects in View the improvement resides in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of a shingle bracket constructed inaccordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 is an elevation, parts being broken away, illustrating theapplication of the invention, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

My improved bracket may be constructed from one or more pieces of ironor other metal, so forged, bent and riveted together that when fastenedupon the roof, the same provides a firm support for a staging orscaffolding.

The base of the bracket is made of a strip of metal, a portion 1 ofwhich serves as a tongue, which tongue may be inserted between theshingles of a roof. Below the tongue 1, the strip is bent at 2 toprovide an offset portion or foot 3. A portion 4 of the strip is thenbent at right angles to the foot 3 and terminates in a hook 5 having abill portion 6. A rivet 7 secures one end of a strip to the hook 5, theother end of said strip being secured by a rivet 9 to the tongue portion1.

The bottom of the tongue 1, the foot 3, the portion 4, and the strip 8form the perimeter of a substantially triangle space, which space isfilled by a suitably shaped block 10, held in position by securing means11 on the strip 8, the strip 1 and the portion 4 thereof, and also bythe frictional engagement of its edges with those portions of the stripswhich form the perimeter of said triangle. The block 10 serves toreinforce the strip 8, whereon the scaffold board 12 rests when thedevice is in use.

The tongue 1, adjacent its outer end is provided with angular slots 13,entering from one of the edges of the tongue. These notches are designedto receive nails 17 which are partly driven through a shingle 14 securedto one of the sheathing boards 16 for the roof. The shingle lt overlapsashingle 15 (see Fig. 2) and is in turn overlapped by the next course ofshingles, through which the nails 17 pass. The

tongue and lower portion of the strip rest on the shingle 14:, while theofi'set foot 3 rests directly on the shingle 15, when the device is inposition. The bracket may be readily removed by forcing the same upwardof the roof; the walls of the slots 13, contacting with the nails 17,guide the tongue to one side of the nails, permitting the bracket to heslipped from between the shingles, and again arranged to engage withnails on an upper course of shingles. When the bracket is removed thenails 17 are forced entirely home.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A shingle bracket including a base made of a strip of metal, the outerportion of which provides a tongue which has angular slots entering fromone of the edges thereof, said strip, below the tongue being bent toprovide an ofiset portion forming a foot,

said strip, at the outer end of the foot being and a reinforcing blockinv the portion of the bracket below the last mentioned strip andconforming to the shape of the said 10 portion of the bracket andsecured therein.

In testimony whereof I alfix' by signature.

DANIEL B. BEARDEN.

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